DC to CA: Day 3--Wisconsin Dells

Day 3 featured our much-anticipated (by Andy and me) surprise trip to Mt. Olympus Water and Theme Park in Wisconsin Dells. When we were planning our itinerary, we knew we had to go here since Lily has been crazy into Greek mythology for the past several months.

Or course, as soon as we walked in and she saw the Endless River ride, she said, "They should have called it the River Styx. It's almost as if they don't know Greek mythology at all."

 We stayed at Zeus' Village nearby in an unauthentic, but very cool treehouse cabin. 

While we were waiting for some storms to pass, we headed over to Buffalo Phil's. (I believe that's him on the buffalo.)

 Oh, yes, there were other creepy old men statues that the girls cozied up to. 

 Can you touch your nose with your tongue? 

 The big draw of this place is that a train delivers your food right to the table. 

 After dinner, we headed back over to Mt. Olympus for the dry activities (i.e., the rides). 

 Amalia made many friends. 

The highlight was definitely the go-karts, which both girls got to drive all by themselves--no tracks or anything!

 Amalia Andretti

Lily was in the bigger ones. She handled them like a pro.

All in all, the park was a great success. Lily admitted she had a lot of fun even though she was disappointed in the lack of adherence to the Greek mythology particulars. (This after she felt one of the fake Greek columns, noting that it was either plastic or styrofoam, and said, "This place isn't Greek at all. They should have just called it Fun World.")